Learning Goals

• Compare needs documented by Kozol with federal reform efforts.
• Research and describe an educational context using reliable data.

Agenda

• Opening Question: What have you discovered about Evernote?
  • Clip some articles relevant to your interests in education: Ed and Ed Reform Newsfeeds
• Discussion: What do all students and their parents deserve from their public school?
  • Prepare by
    • reviewing classmates' formative academic experiences.
    • Review your notes from Kozol Ch 1 & 2
    • Read the "Roles of Teachers and Schools" posited by students in last Fall's course.
  • What are key elements of No Child Left Behind? Race to the top?
• Introduction to the Context Report Project
  • Context Report Project Page
  • REFERENCE: RI Economics by School District
• Research session: Work in teams to create Community and District Descriptions
• Noon: Optional Tutorial: Using Zotero to manage citations
  • Installing and using Zotero
  • Using Zotero to build Infoworks citations
  • Using Zotero to insert a citation
• Close